1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha: 'Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.

2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto the Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell.' And he answered: 'Go ye.'

3 And one said: 'Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants.' And he answered: 'I will go.'

4 So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said: 'Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.'

6 And the man of God said: 'Where fell it?' And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.

7 And he said: 'Take it up to thee.' So he put out his hand, and took it.